top of page

Geotextile Products, Gabion Baskets & Products

Hexagonal Wovenmesh
hexagonal wovenmesh.jpg

  • Flexible high strength for use in Gabions

  • Mesh is made with double twist for strength and cannot easily unravel if wire is cut

  • Hexagonal wovenmesh is made to withstand very high compressive loads from above in large retaining walls and fast flowing water velocities in river situations

  • Wire is Class A galvanized or PVC coated to prevent mesh corrosion on site

  • Wovenmesh is strong and can be used for high strength requirements like rock netting fall protection

  • Wovenmesh is high strength but still flexible enough over poor underlying soil profiles

​

Hexagonal woven mesh is the perfect product for rockfall mesh netting and to cover large areas of river mattresses quickly. The mesh is of high strength and made of durable flexible material. Two mesh type options are available, either Class A Galvanised or together with a PVC extruded wire coating. The mesh aperture size is either 60×80 or 80x100mm hexagonal mesh type with either 2.20 or 2.70mm mesh wire and 3.4mm diameter salvage wire along the mesh roll edging. We normally also provide the 2.2mm binding wire for lacing rolls together along the common edge. These mesh rolls have a high tensile strength and can also be provided with steel dowels as required for anchorage into slopes.

Mesh rolls can be effectively used to prevent rockfalls on steep rock slopes, with mesh attached securely to the rock face, you can also use mesh rolls to cover large areas of mattresses. Often mattress lids get in the way during installations, we recommend leaving them out of the way, covering them when the infill and packing is complete.

Roll sizes available – 2metres wide x 50m long (100m2) or 2 x 100

​

Where can Hexagonal Wovenmesh be used for?

​

  • Soil embankment horizontal mesh

Reinforcing can be used to increase the soils lateral tensile strength parameters

​

  • Architectural mesh netting

Require a curved or circular structure where he square gabion box will not work

​

  • Rockfall mesh netting

For eroding mountain rock slopes and where the possibility of rock fall exists

​

  • Mattress lids over large areas of installation

Square Weldmesh
weldmesh.jpg

Why you need square weldmesh...

​

  • More easily blend into existing architectural structures

  • More rigid than wovenmesh, easier to build vertical facings for Architectural work.

  • More appealing than wovenmesh for domestic use

  • Mesh can be filled more quickly and does not bulge easily like wovenmesh

  • Weldmesh comes in many opening sizes to meet your visual preferences

  • Use local rock and mesh size combination to suit local requirements.

​

We offer solutions, examples of, and expert advice on the installation of Gabion Baskets using mesh panels for freestanding Gabion walls, Gabion wall cladding and Architectural or feature structural applications within the Architectural, industrial, and the Home owner domestic market. Fully made up Gabion baskets or mesh rolls/panels are offered for more flexible use on building or civil engineering construction sites. We have done some interesting projects in the past and welcome queries to provide assistance to you in making your project a successful one. We have highly experienced artisans that can build beautiful feature walls to enhance your property. Kindly contact us for further information.

​

Gabions & River Mattresses
reno mattress.jfif

Why you need Gabions & River or Reno Mattresses

​

  • Gabions are wire mesh boxes, containers or baskets filled with rock to prevent soil erosion and to retain/contain soil particles.

  • Gabions and geotextiles are normally used together to reduce water velocities and to re-capture river bed sediment in streams.

  • Flat Gabions, called River or Reno Mattresses, are widely used in river courses where soil erosion is a problem over a large flat or sloped area in need of protection against soil loss or scour.

  • They are used mostly in the civil engineering industry, especially in the construction of roadway drainage structures.

  • Due to the many environmental benefits associated with gabions, they are being used in many various applications and industries.

  • We manufacture Gabions using a Class A Galvanising – or together with an additional 0.5mm thickness PVC coating – for hexagonal type woven wire mesh gabion materials.

  • The woven mesh has a high tensile strength, as well as a high compressive strength when filled with suitable un-weathered rock.

  • Our materials are quality assured, meet with the SANS 1580 specification and are used in a very wide range of applications.

  • We also offer Class A Galvanised Square Weldmesh gabions, and have a separate page for this type of gabion. 

  • We now offer Gabions and River Mattresses using a new Galfan wire coating, which is a new improved form of Galvanisation, including 95% Zinc coating alloy with 5% Aluminium, it has vastly improved corrosion protection properties; providing 2-3 times more corrosion protection than normal Galvanising !

  • Internationally, gabion materials have been commonly used since the early 1880’s all over the world and have become one of the most popular soil erosion control and retaining wall solutions. Some have tried to use more rigid, welded-mesh elements and sometimes even plastic materials for gabion materials. However time and again the high strength and flexibility of the honeycomb shaped (hexagonal) steel wire mesh has proven to provide the ultimate solution.

  • Gabions are supplied in a wide range of sizes, commonly measured firstly in length x width x height of basket (all measurements in metres). Standard sized baskets are available, listed on our website, other sizes can sometimes be made available depending on the quantity required (it should be noted that the latter requires a longer period of time to be manufactured than standard sized units).

​

What is the difference between Gabions and River/Reno Mattresses?

​

GABION BASKETS

​

Manufactured using Hexagonal Woven or Square Weldmesh type 

  • Hexagonal Wovenmesh 
    Class A Galvanized or with an additional 0,5mm thickness Grey PVC coating, mesh aperture of 80 x 100mm, and mesh wire diameter of 2.7mm, salvage wire dia. of 3.4mm.

  • Square Weldmesh
    Class A Galvanised, with mesh aperture of 50 x 50mm (others on request), mesh wire diameter of 3.00mm in all cases

  • Standard Sizes
    Length (m) x Width (m) x Height (m) = Volume (m³)

 

1x1x0.5 (0.5m³)                                         1x1x1 (1m³)

2x1x0.5 (1m³)                                            2x2x1 (2m³)

3x1x0.5 (1.5m³)                                         3x1x1 (3m³)

4x1x0.5 (2m³)                                            4x1x1 (4m³)

1.5x1x1 (1.5m³)                                         2x0.5x0.5 (0.5m³)

​

RIVER MATTRESSES

​

Manufactured only using Hexagonal Wovenmesh type for flexibility

  • Hexagonal Wovenmesh 
    Class A Galvanized or with an additional 0.50mm thickness PVC coating, mesh aperture 60 x 80mm, mesh wire diameter of 2.20mm and salvage wire diameter of  3.4mm. We do not feel the rigid weldmesh is suitable for this purpose where a more flexible product is required.

  • Alternative
    Another option available in the 80 x 100mm mesh aperture, with 2.7mm diameter wire and 3.4mm salvage wire, for more aggressive / corrosive environments.

  • Standard Sizes 
    Length(m) x Width(m) x Height(m) = Volume (m³) 
    or Length x Width = Plan Area (m2)  

​

2x1x0.2 (0.6m³)                                         6x2x0.17 (2.04m³)

3x1x0.3 (0.9m³)                                         6x2x0.23 (2.76m³)

4x1x0.3 (1.2m³)                                         6x2x0.30 (3.60m³)

Sausage gabions
sausage gabion.jpg

Why you need the Sausage Gabion...

​

  • Cheaper and quicker to fill than a standard Gabion.

  • More flexible and fits nicely into confined areas quickly.

  • Rapid assembly for damaged river sites

  • Highly durable made with PVC coating, to prevent mesh corrosion.

  • Prevents erosion of soil and any rock movement away from area needing protection.

  • Requires less rock than a standard sized gabion basket.

​

The sausage gabion is manufactured from a hexagonal woven mesh panel, made out of Gabion mesh 80 x 100 x 2.7mm and rolled into a sausage on site and filled with rock to 75% fill capacity and laced together with the 2.20mm Binding wire. This is an extremely useful product for founding Gabion structures where you might normally consider using loose rock or rip – rap. Bearing in mind that loose rock can be washed away by high water velocities, it makes sense to rather enclose the rock in a flexible woven mesh cage and prevent this from happening. On flexible clay soil foundations a mesh contained rock pack will move much less that loose rock. The product is available with Class A Galvanising or with grey PVC coating.

Sausage gabions should also preferably placed above a geotextile layer and individual sausages should be anchored or laced together where possible unless they are anchored below the mass of the gabion structure, to prevent lateral movement under high water velocities.

Product size – 2m long x 0.65 m diameter – 0.85m3 or 1ton or rock required.

​

​

bottom of page